National Republican., 1887-12-29
Peace That Depends on a Life.

II seems but few months ago that the
Battenberger went, and now In the great lot
tery wheel Of life ticket is gradually turning
up which will tell the Coburger that he
must go. When the Battenberger assembled
tho Bulgarian throne he sent message to
the czar, saying "I am your most obedlent
servant, and will stand always ready to
serve." Almost the first move the petty
monarch made was TO incorporate East
Roumela and thereby outrage the Berlin
treaty and provoke to madness the Russian
bear. Notwithstanding his personal popu-
Observation-Disclosures his high royal con-
nection-notwlthstand his crushing de-
feat Of the armed forces Of Servls, from
that day his crown wabbled on his prlncely
brow and his throne toppled beneath
It's royal coverings. The czar Of
Russia said he must 90, and ia the
very teeth OF the moral protestltion
Of all Europe he went, and is to-day No
helpless Ia the matter OF reinstatement as
was DIR. Jekyll against the entertainments
Of bis demon Hyde. There appeared a
woman in the Bulgarian case, Clemeutint ;,
the daughter OF Louis Phlllp, had q son.
named Ferdinand. lie WAS scarcely known
outside of certaiu clique Of fast young
princely bloods, whose daily avocation WIS
to bleed their maternal or paternal an
cestors at every pocket hole. The mar7cl-
Gus spirit OF Orlelnist intrigue Wis
awakened in the mothers ambitious soul,
and one day, to the mazsment OF Europe,
tie sobranje called the unknown Ferdn lll
to the throne OF Bulgaria, Wnen this naws
was carried to the imperial master at s..
Petersburg he flew into real old flsbiou'd
Romanon passion and told his minister
Of state that It was violation of the Ber
lin treaty, aud that the Coburger must go,
And 60 be must, even though all
Europe feels the ravages of leal, steel, AMI
fame. He may go peaceably, but he must
go quickly. The strain is too great to last
many weeks longer, unless relief comes.
Germany has an undercurrent Of sympathy
for the Coburger, and instructs her ambas.
sador, Radowitz, at Constantlnople to 10.
form the Porte that she will give Austria
active military assistance should Russia
plecipitate q war. Turkey refuses to recog-
nize Ferdinand, and orders 100000 rifles
to be delivered on suspiclously short notice.
The Italian war Office has suddenly ordered
recall of the troops now penetrating into
Abyssinia. The Socletie Auonyme, OF Brus-
sells, have contracted to furnish IL, 900, 900
of cartridges to the Hungarian government
| by the 1st of March. Austrian intrigue
encourages the Coburger to cling to the
Bulgarian scepter, and the court circles
! OF Vienna are covertly endeavoring to
shape matters so as TO sustain his
cause with mailed hand when the time is
| ripe for action. Russia insists that the
election OF the prince by the revolutionary
sobrapje was fragrant assault upon the
Berlin treaty, and the czar is making armed
demonstrations along his southwestern
frontier, which is in reality the beginning
Of the end Of the Coburger; and yet therS
may be no war. The good gray old emperor
Of Germany has promised peace to Europe
aslong as he lives, and Bismarck will keep
that royal promise faithfully. This means
that the Coburger must go, for to remain
would result In a bloody collision betwecn
Russia and Austria. Bismarck will, there.
fore, see that be goes, and is now making
his departure q matter Of earnest consider
alton. Bismarck Is the peacemaker, but
the remaining span Of the empcror's waaing
life will mark the limit OF the peace OF Eu-
| rope. The false report OF his death yester-
day caused short panic in the markets OF
the world. The conflrm alton Of such q
| report would cause wild havoc amidst the
exchanges Of the continent.